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From: kotlas@uncecs.edu (Carolyn M. Kotlas)
Newsgroups: comp.society.women
Subject: Sexism in WordPerfect's Online Thesaurus
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Date: 21 Mar 89 16:53:37 GMT
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In an interview with a representative from WordPerfect Corporation last
night (3/20) on NPR's "All Things Considered" it was announced that WPC
will be coming out with a non-sexist version of its online thesaurus. 
The only specific words that they said in the interview that they would
be revising are "man" and "woman."

Carolyn Kotlas    		    (kotlas@uncecs.edu)
UNC-Educational Computing Service   P. O. Box 12035          2 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709   State Courier #59-01-02  919/549-0671
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Carolyn Kotlas    		    (kotlas@uncecs.edu)
UNC-Educational Computing Service   P. O. Box 12035          2 Davis Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC  27709   State Courier #59-01-02  919/549-0671